This is the first volume to explore the philosophy of worship. It considers the metaphysical, ethical, and psychological issues associated with worship, among them: What, if anything, is the point of worship? What, if anything, makes a being worthy of worship? Can worship hold value for atheists? What, if anything, might be wrong with idolatry?

Part I. Two Introduction: 1. Worship: a lay of the land Samuel Lebens and Aaron Segal; 2. The Metaethics of Worship Elliot Salinger; Part II. What is Worship?: 3. Worship Eleonore Stump; 4. Second-personal Worship Maria Beer; 5. Worship and Veneration Brandon Warmke and Craig Warmke; 6. Worship as real Union Omar Fakhri; Part III. Normative Aspects: 7. Monotheism, Worship, and the Good Robert Adams; 8. Can I both blame and Worship God? Robert Wallace; 9. Worship, excellence, and intrinsic value Scott Davison; 10. What's wrong with Idolatry, and why there is no excuse Brian Leftow; 11. Owing God Worship Mark Murphy; 12. Worship for Atheists Saul Smilansky; Part IV. Forms and Functions of Worship: 13. Liturgical Philosophy of Religion Andrew Chignell; 14. Maimonides on Worship Josef Stern; 15. The individual's relationship with God Sharon Krishek; 16. The Metaphysics of divine presence and the appropriateness of Worship Dean Zimmerman.